What did you do WITH your Gladiator today?

[Pescatoral Pursuit]

What any Florida redneck with a Jeep and a winch would do after a hurricane:
Winch some trees off the road. Had a lot of help with my brand new Milwaukee M12 "Hatchet" mini chainsaw.

This little device made short work of 6"+tree trunks.
I bought it specifically to cut my way through notoriously neglected Ocala Nat'l Forest Jeep trails.

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[safarjohn]

Took the Jeep out to Bridgeport OHV here in Texas. This was the last trail of the day….video does ZERO justice of how big these ledges and drops were!

 

[nbajunkie]

Hauled more deck boards.. not secured how I would have liked. But home Depot had a pricing error and boards were 70% off. I had to take 50 of them home. Tails dragging but only 3 miles from the store to my house.. ī

 

[Pescatoral Pursuit]

Went for an evening drive with the top down in the Ocala National Enchanted Forest.

Pics don't do it justice with the bottom of the canopy all lit up.

No Diamondbacks.

 

[stil2low]

quite impressed how well it towed. Roughly 7000lbs

 

[22EcoDs]

Did the Clay way tour in CT last weekend.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Just the usual stuff - drove it. Mailed out some restored parts - then back home. Then a couple of hours later found out the snow plow light harnesses, etc. came in so buzzed back into town to pick them up. Any excuse to drive it. I even said yes when my wife asked if I'd go pick up Chinese for supper.
Tomorrow, it will be a "do TO" as I install (hopefully) the final plow wiring and get all the lights working.

 

[chorky]

Just the usual stuff - drove it. Mailed out some restored parts - then back home. Then a couple of hours later found out the snow plow light harnesses, etc. came in so buzzed back into town to pick them up. Any excuse to drive it. I even said yes when my wife asked if I'd go pick up Chinese for supper.
Tomorrow, it will be a "do TO" as I install (hopefully) the final plow wiring and get all the lights working.

Looking forward to seeing that plow all mounted up.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Looking forward to seeing that plow all mounted up.

The real work is likely the wiring. The harnesses are huge. There are two banks of 3 relays, an isolation module to mount somewhere, and their harnesses are big and long so I'll have to wind up the excess somewhere. It's tempting to get it going for now and eventually cut 2 or 3 feet out of the long harnesses. I'm not sure it's all going to fit behind the grill! Some of the existing plow harnesses are coiled out and laid around the ABS system on the left side.

 

[chorky]

The real work is likely the wiring. The harnesses are huge. There are two banks of 3 relays, an isolation module to mount somewhere, and their harnesses are big and long so I'll have to wind up the excess somewhere. It's tempting to get it going for now and eventually cut 2 or 3 feet out of the long harnesses. I'm not sure it's all going to fit behind the grill! Some of the existing plow harnesses are coiled out and laid around the ABS system on the left side.

How much excesss are you talking? I would for sure cut it down to size if its that excessive....

6 relays? Man that seems like a lot, but you do have lights and signals too so maybe its not that much. I would have though with that much wiring they would use a module instead of relays.

 

[DawnViola]

Pucker Pass outside Moab, UT

 

[JoeInOh]

Towed the boat home, 55 mile drive, kept it in manual mode, used 5th & 6th gears mostly. About 5k lbs and very windy out.

 

[Divided_Wood]

Did some wheeling in Moab this past weekend. No one tells you that the ride down the back of Hell's Gate is even scarier than the way back up!

 

[Jeeper479]

Got to enjoy a nice overnight camping trip, saw lots of leafs changing colors and got the gladiator stuck for the first time!

 

[Rusty PW]

Did some wheeling in Moab this past weekend. No one tells you that the ride down the back of Hell's Gate is even scarier than the way back up!

I had the same thought when I did Hell's Gate the first with my Power Wagon. I was like "WTH".

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